Adam Lanza calls in radio station a year before Sandy Hook shooting and gives bizarre interview

In an audiotape of a call Lanza made to an Oregon college radio station obtained by The Daily News - and vouched for by two old friends - the madman
waved a giant red flag that he was about to explode almost exactly a year before the Sandy Hook massacre.
Using the name Greg and apparently taking pains to disguise his voice, Lanza weighed-in on mass murder by comparing “a teenage mall shooter” to
Travis, a chimpanzee who became infamous after ripping the face off a Connecticut woman in 2009.
In doing so, Lanza provided a frightening look not seen thus far into the twisted logic and troubled mind of the 20-year-old killer.

I wonder at this point what's gained by making this kid out to be even more of a monster. First they isolated just about every autistic kid in the
state by suggesting he suffered from autism, and now they are trying it seems, to isolate gay men (the article goes on to say that under his screen
name "Smiggles" Adam Lanza engaged in homosexual fantasy talk) what's next?

Enough is enough is enough.. he killed a bunch of people, why we may never know, but this is bordering on almost obsessive monster painting..

Enough is enough is enough.. he killed a bunch of people, why we may never know, but this is bordering on almost obsessive monster painting..

I don't know about that. This murderer is dead so there is no way to gain insight into his motives for the killing. We can, however, look at his past
activities and attempt to gain some insight...insight that could prove valuable in preventing future monsters like him from realizing their sick,
twisted fantasies.

I dont really see how this "Greg" is Lanza, he's just talking about a gorilla taught like a child. The violent scene is not anything close to the
Sandy shook shooting so I'm at a loss how there's any connection between this Greg who seems interested in primate development and Lanza. I'm not
convinced they are the same people.

I fully agree with the comparison, society is sic and oppressing but at the same time there is no escape (not really) like the chimp, humans also have
the same intrinsic problem in living under increasingly stricter rules of behavior, expression and freedom, some will tend to retaliate...

And I thought he had no friends. If you believe this crap I feel sorry for you.

Who said anything about believing it? What I am upset about is that, instead of finding out why he did it (as for the comment about seeing him walk
in, that has been discussed elsewhere and like most schools in CT there was no recording equipment, even now most of them don't have recorders hooked
up to their cameras, so please.. keep that to other threads as that's not what this is about) they are heaping more "labels" on to him, and in
doing so, at least in Connecticut, stirring up the masses that think autism = mass murderer of kids and now homosexual = mass murderer of kids..

Even IF he was the one that did the shooting, (let's make him have crazy eyes, that'll convince them) where's the all-expansive NSA help in this.
They are trying to cover the backstory of Lanza, attempting to legitimize the NSA, but actually proving how useless it is beyond storing data for
future convenience.

And one of the friends that vouched for the audio tape says, "Ya i think it is him" and "Sounds like something he would say" Not, yes that is
adam.

From the NY Daily article:

"It's him," said Kromberg. "I talked to him every day for about an hour each day from freshman to junior year, so I know his voice. He's a very
soft-spoken kid, but very articulate." Kromberg said he and another classmate often made a point of talking to the extremely introverted Lanza, who
he recalled would dart out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang. "As soon as he opened his mouth (in the audio clip), I knew it was him,”
said Kromberg. “There's no voice distinction."

He didn't say "I think". He said "it's him". That said, it would be nice if there was more evidence that it was Lanza calling in to have more
certainty in the matter as I think what he actually says in the clip is really very important if it was indeed Lanza. What they have so far looks
pretty good that it is and it matches Lanza's interests in the same time period. The kid was looking at the prior school shootings with a
particular intensity and the caller basically touches on a kind of "beast within" theme that has some prevalence in prior school shooters.

I get so tired of it all. Why is it that I seem to be one of the few who remembers the very first interviews with Family and friends all which seem to
be missing now.

Neighbors interviewed said Mom loved gardening and was social with them, they all had garden parties in the neighborhood and loved her garden, she
attended regular card and board game nights. Adam went to the garden parties and "he was a really nice boy".

Aunt said his Mom was a great Mother and even the divorced Dad was involved always and together they made sure Adam was well cared for. Aunt said that
divorced dad believed his ex to be a wonderful Mother. They asked did she have any problems with Adam both the neighbors and Aunt said no, no more
than the usual teenage boy problems any Mother has,

(so from this to Mom is a gun nut, keeps guns in kids room and takes him to shoot all the time, on internet saying she is scared of her son!)

Friends from the tech club "he was friendly we liked him, but he always had to be real neat, wore his shirts tucked in and a pocket protector a real
geek".
(then they show in in a fake photo going to school in pajamas)

Sister-inlaws and ex's usually do not say good things about you.

Nancy's sister-in-law, Marsha Lanza, told AP her nephew had been raised by kind, nurturing parents, who would not have hesitated to seek
counselling for their son if he needed it.

She was close to Lanza's mother whom she described as a "good mother and kind-hearted". Marsha Lanza said her husband saw Adam as recently as June and
recalled nothing out of the ordinary about him.

It's pretty creepy in that everything about it sounds like I would imagine Adam Lanza to be: very concise, soft-spoken, a bit nervous, complete lack
of accent with perfect annunciation. Lanza supposedly often discussed primate and human behavior and as you can tell from the video he makes a
compelling argument a la Walden/Rousseau for a return to a more natural state. Somewhere in the final report I did read he had written a paper about
the Federal reserve and went on a tangent about the gold standard which the professor made oblique reference to conspiracy
theorists/anarchists/extreme libertarianism.

His moral tale of the chimp attack fits the narrative of later events almost to a T.
Seems too perfect, too ready made for consumption.
I wonder how anything about Adam could have been kept secret during the last year yet we have this along with some grainy video of a kid supposedly
"DDR guy" aka Adam Lanza dancing his skinny butt off (yet he hates loud noise and light and likes shooting).
We should be seeing more verification that Adam was a real person in 3, 2, 1, ..
It's about time to shoot down the fake Adam theory believers, we shall see.
Just my suspicions fwiw.

And one of the friends that vouched for the audio tape says, "Ya i think it is him" and "Sounds like something he would say" Not, yes that is
adam.

From the NY Daily article:

"It's him," said Kromberg. "I talked to him every day for about an hour each day from freshman to junior year, so I know his voice. He's a very
soft-spoken kid, but very articulate." Kromberg said he and another classmate often made a point of talking to the extremely introverted Lanza, who
he recalled would dart out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang. "As soon as he opened his mouth (in the audio clip), I knew it was him,”
said Kromberg. “There's no voice distinction."

He didn't say "I think". He said "it's him". That said, it would be nice if there was more evidence that it was Lanza calling in to have more
certainty in the matter as I think what he actually says in the clip is really very important if it was indeed Lanza. What they have so far looks
pretty good that it is and it matches Lanza's interests in the same time period. The kid was looking at the prior school shootings with a
particular intensity and the caller basically touches on a kind of "beast within" theme that has some prevalence in prior school shooters.

So you quoted one of two people.... Can you read the next statement by the other friend below the one you posted, much appreciated.

Another of Lanza’s former high school classmates, who last spoke to the killer back in late 2010, said after hearing the recording that it sounded
like Lanza was trying to disguise his voice. “Yes, I think it’s him,” said the friend, who asked not to be identified. “It does sound like
something he would say. But he is talking funny.”

And interestingly enough, the individual on the board using a known online alias of Lanza according to the investigation report acknowledged these
things:

But Smiggles, touching on same point his friend made to The News, also critiqued his “failed attempt at having a normal voice.” “I at least
sounded less incoherent than usual,” he wrote. “I normally speak much softer and swifter, with less articulation, less inflection, and more
mumbling.”

Even the second friend suggested that it sounded like his former friend was trying to disguise his voice and "Smiggles", a known online alias of
Lanza's, confirms that he was trying to speak more normally than his usual. Pretty strong inference there.

So the score is one friend clearly confirming and the second friend partially confirming with a suggestion that Lanza was modifying his voice and
actually matches what "Smiggles" said (strong inference).

Another of Lanza’s former high school classmates, who last spoke to the killer back in late 2010, said after hearing the recording that it sounded
like Lanza was trying to disguise his voice. “Yes, I think it’s him,” said the friend, who asked not to be identified. “It does sound like
something he would say. But he is talking funny.”

And interestingly enough, the individual on the board using a known online alias of Lanza according to the investigation report acknowledged these
things:

But Smiggles, touching on same point his friend made to The News, also critiqued his “failed attempt at having a normal voice.” “I at least
sounded less incoherent than usual,” he wrote. “I normally speak much softer and swifter, with less articulation, less inflection, and more
mumbling.”

Even the second friend suggested that it sounded like his former friend was trying to disguise his voice and "Smiggles", a known online alias of
Lanza's, confirms that he was trying to speak more normally than his usual. Pretty strong inference there.

So the score is one friend clearly confirming and the second friend partially confirming with a suggestion that Lanza was modifying his voice and
actually matches what "Smiggles" said (strong inference).

Were these test bind tests? Did they know before hand that they could be listening to "Adam" voice? Were they told that they were listening to what
could be adam trying to disguise his voice? Score could be 2 kids being coached into saying yes, but only one feel for it. If he doesn't say "yes
that is him" then it is a no when it comes to the seriousness of the matter IMO

I'm sure, now that the information has come forward, that they could use other ways to confirm the likelihood of the caller actually being Lanza.
heck, they could use phone records and a warrant to see if the caller to the radio show matched a phone associated with Lanza. We'll have to see on
that one but my guess is that it's going to get confirmed. Lanza was reported as having a keen interest in chimpanzees back in November so that
could be another tick towards the caller actually being Lanza:

As for what they talked about, the acquaintance said the topics ranged from current events to "chimpanzee society and how they interacted."

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